Re: Reason to use 2.4.x on SparcStation 2?
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:29:21AM +0100, Andreas Behnert wrote:
> I'm running potato on a SparcStation 2 (sun4c), Kernel 2.2.20. The
> system is running smooth (more or less since the SS2 is really slow
> compared to current hardware). Only the X server makes some problems
> (Xsun) - it behaves extremly sluggish and while running X sometimes
> messages like "unknown keyboard ioctl" or something like that show
> up in the syslog. I don't know if the Xsun or the keyboard driver
> is the problem but I hope that things will get better with woody
> and XFree 4.1.x (I'm using a cgsix (Turbo-GX) btw).
> The SS2 will be used as X client (XDMCP via LAN to another box)
> and apache will serve static data but performance isn't really
> important, just two clients...
> One question: Does upgrading to kernel 2.4.x make sense? I know
> that at the moment there are some problems with 2.4.x on sparc32
> (may be especially on sun4c?) and of course I only would consider
> upgrading provided that someday there will be a stable 2.4.x for the
> sun4c architecture. I don't really _need_ 2.4.x since 2.2.20 fully
> supports the SS2 but would there be any reason to upgrade - maybe
> some magic "improved overall performance" or whatever? :-)
I would not suggest upgrading to 2.4.x kernel on sparc32 yet, because it
is unstable still.
However, upgrading to woody would be a good deal, even on an SS2. I have
not heard any comparison between Xsun and XFree86 4.x on CGSix yet, so
I'd be interested in your comments aswell :)
Ben
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